Israeli political deadlock continues

Jerusalem (IANS) The Israeli political deadlock has continued days after a third general election ended in similar results to the previous two polls, with incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his rival Blue and White leader Benny Gantz…

3 killed in Kabul shooting

Kabul (IANS) Three people were killed and another person was injured in a shooting attack in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Sunday, the police said.

"Nasir Ghairat, a member of Logar provincial council, along with two of his security guards…

Morales blasts election fraud claim

Buenos Aires (IANS) Ousted Bolivian President Evo Morales said that if fraud took place in last October's election in his country, the Organization of American States (OAS) was the guilty party.

"Many entities (maintain) that there was…

N.Korean defectors launch 1st-ever political party

Seoul (IANS) In a first, North Korean defectors launched a political party in South Korea, vowing to work toward "liberating" people in their homeland from autocratic rule and promoting the rights of defectors, it was reported.

"Although we…

'Prisoner swap can't be precondition for talks with Taliban'

Kabul (IANS) Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Saturday again refused to accept the release of thousands of Taliban prisoners as a precondition for talks with the militant group, in a move that was likely to delay intra-Afghan peace negotiations set…

Senator Warren drops out of Democratic presidential nomination race

New York (IANS) Senator Elizabeth Warren has quit the Democratic race for the party's presidential nomination setting the field for a straight ideological contest between two septuagenarians, centrist former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator…

Brexit preps cost UK govt over $5 bn

London (IANS) Departments of the UK government have spent more than 4 billion pounds ($5 billion) on preparations for leaving the European Union (EU), according to country's public spending watchdog.

In a report, the National Audit Office…

Afghan experts cast doubt on US-Taliban peace deal

Kabul (IANS) Afghan experts have cast doubts over the outcome of the historic US-Taliban peace accord, which was signed in Doha on February 29 after 18 months of negotiations,
saying that the accord won't lead to ending the war in Afghanistan…

US committed to facilitating prisoner exchange: Khalilzad

Kabul (IANS) Zalmay Khalilzad, the US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, on Thursday said that Washington was still committed to facilitating the prisoner exchange that was agreed on in the landmark peace deal signed with the Taliban.

Top court backs Afghan war crimes probe

The Hague (IANS) The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday ruled that an investigation into the alleged war crimes committed by the US and others in the Afghan war could go ahead.

Thursday's development comes The Hague-based ICC…